Frederick's daughter Nettie Washington Douglass Morris
Originally buried Harmony, Washington, DC
Frederick Douglass' Grandson Commits Suicide with Sleeping Tablets
Date: Friday, April 24, 1942
Paper: Negro Star (Wichita, KS)
Volume: 35
Issue: 1
Page: 1
Tuskegee-
Dr Frederick Douglass, great-grandson of the famous orator, statesman and editor of slavery and reconstruction days, committed suicide here Thursday night by taking an overdose of sleeping tablets. Dr. Douglass, a native of Washington, D. C. and a graduate of Howard university Medical school, was said by friends to have been in a depressed state of mind due to excessive drinking and perhaps to domestic differences. He was married to Miss Nettie Washington, granddaughter of Booker T. Washington, and the wedding which took place Nov 11, 1941, in the former home of the renowned educator, was one of the outstanding social events of this country.
Dr. Douglass was on staff of the U. S. Veterans facility, which is located adjacent to Tuskegee institute.
He maintained quarters at the home of Mrs. L. G. Gamlin in nearby Greenwood where he and his wife lived and where his body was discovered. His wife had gone when his body was found and by his side was a bottle which had held 500 sleeping tablets, 100 of which were missing. A note by Dr. Douglass stated he had taken an overdose of sleeping tablets.
Physicians estimated that he had been dead for 12 hours. Mrs. Douglass, pretty and talented daughter of Booker T Washington, II, was distraught and could offer no explanation for her husbands rash act.
Originally buried Harmony, Washington, DC
Frederick Douglass' Grandson Commits Suicide with Sleeping Tablets
Date: Friday, April 24, 1942
Paper: Negro Star (Wichita, KS)
Volume: 35
Issue: 1
Page: 1
Tuskegee-
Dr Frederick Douglass, great-grandson of the famous orator, statesman and editor of slavery and reconstruction days, committed suicide here Thursday night by taking an overdose of sleeping tablets. Dr. Douglass, a native of Washington, D. C. and a graduate of Howard university Medical school, was said by friends to have been in a depressed state of mind due to excessive drinking and perhaps to domestic differences. He was married to Miss Nettie Washington, granddaughter of Booker T. Washington, and the wedding which took place Nov 11, 1941, in the former home of the renowned educator, was one of the outstanding social events of this country.
Dr. Douglass was on staff of the U. S. Veterans facility, which is located adjacent to Tuskegee institute.
He maintained quarters at the home of Mrs. L. G. Gamlin in nearby Greenwood where he and his wife lived and where his body was discovered. His wife had gone when his body was found and by his side was a bottle which had held 500 sleeping tablets, 100 of which were missing. A note by Dr. Douglass stated he had taken an overdose of sleeping tablets.
Physicians estimated that he had been dead for 12 hours. Mrs. Douglass, pretty and talented daughter of Booker T Washington, II, was distraught and could offer no explanation for her husbands rash act.
Frederick's daughter Nettie Washington Douglass Morris
Originally buried Harmony, Washington, DC
Frederick Douglass' Grandson Commits Suicide with Sleeping Tablets
Date: Friday, April 24, 1942
Paper: Negro Star (Wichita, KS)
Volume: 35
Issue: 1
Page: 1
Tuskegee-
Dr Frederick Douglass, great-grandson of the famous orator, statesman and editor of slavery and reconstruction days, committed suicide here Thursday night by taking an overdose of sleeping tablets. Dr. Douglass, a native of Washington, D. C. and a graduate of Howard university Medical school, was said by friends to have been in a depressed state of mind due to excessive drinking and perhaps to domestic differences. He was married to Miss Nettie Washington, granddaughter of Booker T. Washington, and the wedding which took place Nov 11, 1941, in the former home of the renowned educator, was one of the outstanding social events of this country.
Dr. Douglass was on staff of the U. S. Veterans facility, which is located adjacent to Tuskegee institute.
He maintained quarters at the home of Mrs. L. G. Gamlin in nearby Greenwood where he and his wife lived and where his body was discovered. His wife had gone when his body was found and by his side was a bottle which had held 500 sleeping tablets, 100 of which were missing. A note by Dr. Douglass stated he had taken an overdose of sleeping tablets.
Physicians estimated that he had been dead for 12 hours. Mrs. Douglass, pretty and talented daughter of Booker T Washington, II, was distraught and could offer no explanation for her husbands rash act.
Originally buried Harmony, Washington, DC
Frederick Douglass' Grandson Commits Suicide with Sleeping Tablets
Date: Friday, April 24, 1942
Paper: Negro Star (Wichita, KS)
Volume: 35
Issue: 1
Page: 1
Tuskegee-
Dr Frederick Douglass, great-grandson of the famous orator, statesman and editor of slavery and reconstruction days, committed suicide here Thursday night by taking an overdose of sleeping tablets. Dr. Douglass, a native of Washington, D. C. and a graduate of Howard university Medical school, was said by friends to have been in a depressed state of mind due to excessive drinking and perhaps to domestic differences. He was married to Miss Nettie Washington, granddaughter of Booker T. Washington, and the wedding which took place Nov 11, 1941, in the former home of the renowned educator, was one of the outstanding social events of this country.
Dr. Douglass was on staff of the U. S. Veterans facility, which is located adjacent to Tuskegee institute.
He maintained quarters at the home of Mrs. L. G. Gamlin in nearby Greenwood where he and his wife lived and where his body was discovered. His wife had gone when his body was found and by his side was a bottle which had held 500 sleeping tablets, 100 of which were missing. A note by Dr. Douglass stated he had taken an overdose of sleeping tablets.
Physicians estimated that he had been dead for 12 hours. Mrs. Douglass, pretty and talented daughter of Booker T Washington, II, was distraught and could offer no explanation for her husbands rash act.
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